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PST Access Denied Error After Windows 10 Update – Resolving the Error Manually

admin | November 6th, 2017 | Windows Outlook

Outlook PST Access Denied Error After Windows 10 Update: Resolved

Nowadays, many Windows users have faced various challenges after updating from an older version of Windows to Windows 10. After upgrading to Windows 10, most of the Outlook users complain that they are unable to start Outlook and access their .pst files as well. They received this error message:

Therefore, in the upcoming section, we are going to cover a direct procedure to let users understand “PST access denied error after Windows 10 update.” Before that, let us discuss main reasons behind the occurrence of this error.

Why “Outlook PST File is denied after upgrading Win 10″ Error Occurs?

One of the main reason behind this error is you may receive an error to sign in with Microsoft accounts such as Live Mail, Outlook.com or MSN as the alternative to a local account. In this case, changing permission to access a PST file is not applied properly. Sometimes, end users can skip the permission adjustments.

Manual Steps to Resolve Microsoft Outlook Error

Most of the users may get rid of such error by changing enough permission to access the PST file. Here are various steps for setting the permission to their .pst files. Let’s take a look:

Regaining Accessibility

To regain access, users can modify all the permissions for the particular file. Follow below-mentioned steps:

  1. First, you need to click on the Start button and choose the File Explorer option.
  2. Then, browse PST file to the desired location which shows an error. Example:
    <C:\Users\\Documents\Outlook Files\filename.pst
  3. Then, right-click on PST and choose Properties option.
  4. After this, select the Security tab.
  5. In the next step, hit on Edit button.
  6. Now, the following window will pop up on the screen i.e., <“Permission for filename.pst”. Then, select the user account.
  7. Next, choose the Full control permission.
  8. Now, click the OK button until all dialog boxes are closed.
  9. After that, you should repeat same steps for Admin and system as well, having Full Control Permissions.
  10. In the end, restart the Microsoft Outlook.

Reset All Permissions for User Account

Now, users PST file may not be a single file in users storage path with the wrong permissions. Make sure that all such files have the correct permissions again, users propagate all permissions for user’s personal folder in the following way:

  1. Browse to the C:\Users
  2. Right-click the user folder and choose Properties option.
  3. After that, select the Security tab.
  4. Check the following users or groups which have Full Control access to this specific folder:
    • System
    • your User account
    • Administrators
  5. Click on the Advanced button.
  6. From the left corner, choose the following option like: Replace all child object permissions entries with inheritable permission entries from this object.
  7. Press the OK button.
  8. Now, get the warning label and click on Yes.
  9. Wait until the permissions replacement process has completed. Depending on the total number of files that available in the user folder, that can take a few minutes.
  10. Once the entire process is done, users will return to the Properties tab for user folder. Press OK button to close it.

Final words

When users upgrade from an older version of Windows to Windows 10, users get stuck and face the various problem. One such error is “Outlook PST access denied error after Windows 10 update”. To fix this error message, we have mentioned the main cause due to which Outlook error may occur. Along with this, we have explained the complete manual procedure in a clear way.